Wednesday, November 30, 2011

My Dream Roles

Inspired by Tanika Little, I've decided to make a list of my dream rolls. This has been a bit more of an emotional experience than I'd originally planned because it maid me realize how much I miss acting, and it might just inspire me to actually start auditioning for things again. Luckily, most of these are roles that don't require me to be too young (in fact, I believe most are aged 30-60) so I have plenty of time.

In no particular order:

Martin Dysart - Equus
John Proctor - The Crucible
Joe Pitt - Angels in America
Ned Weeks - The Normal Heart
Ned Weeks - The Destiny of Me
Any Character in - The Laramie Project
Paul Bratter - Barefoot in the Park
Serge - Art
Biff - Death of a Salesman
Edmund - Long Days Journey Into Night
Drummond - Inherit the Wind
Brady - Inherit the Wind
Father Flynn - Doubt
Howie - Rabbit Hole
Walker/Ned - Three Days of Rain
Tom - Dinner With Friends
Gabe - Dinner With Friends
Cyrano - Cyrano de Bergerac
Jason - Medea
Adam - Next Fall

and a few from musicals that I have very little intention of ever actually playing cause of the whole singing in front of people thing:

Bobby - Company
Jamie - The Last 5 Years
Officer Lockstock - Urinetown
Horton the Elephant - Seussical
Hunter - [title of show]
Jeff - [title of show]
Mark Cohen - Rent
Princeton - Avenue Q
Dan Goodman - Next to Normal
Cliff - Cabaret
The Baker - Into the Woods
Albin - La Cage aux Folles

Best Picture prediction 12/9/11

I've decided to create a weekly chart of what I think will be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. I haven't seen several of these yet, so these are just for fun at this point (as opposed to later when it's for serious). There can be anywhere from 5 to 10 nominees this year, the starred line is where I'm predicting the cutoff will be.

1. The Artist
2. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
3. War Horse
4. The Descendants
5. Hugo
6. Midnight in Paris
7. The Iron Lady
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8. Young Adult
9. Moneyball
10. The Help